One thing that will probably change moving forward is the reactions from the creator and cast when they are asked about the show’s audience breakdown or anything else related to its diverse representation. At the show’s TCA panel on Thursday – attended by creator Kenya Barris, producer Jonathan Groff, and most of the cast – a reporter asked what percentage of the show’s audience is black. According to Variety, Barris responded by pointing out that those kinds of questions should not be what people focus on when discussing the show.

“I will be so happy when diversity is not a word.

It doesn’t matter who’s watching our show. The fact is that they’re watching it. And I feel like every question at every panel … I get so tired of talking about diversity. These are amazing, talented actors and amazing writers who give their all and they don’t have to do this. It’s crowding the conversation.”

I can see Kenya Barris’ frustration, but I also think he’s being a bit of a dick about this.

I get it. No one’s ever asked the creators of hit shows like “2 Broke Girls” or “Game of Thrones” or “Big Bang Theory” why their shows are so White. They don’t have to explain Whiteness. It simply is. You either like the shows or you don’t.

You watched Seinfield or you didn’t. You get Ray Donovan or you don’t.

But when you’re doing a Black show you are forced to at some point defend the show’s success, explain its failure and justify its appeal if it works.

And there’s no winning. At some point Kenya is gonna give an answer that’s gonna piss off people in this industry that he simply can’t afford to piss off. Let the activists and op-eds do the agitating and fighting, let Kenya do the art and the writing. That’s what wins in the long run.